Low Price Guarantee
We Take School POs
A Mathematician's Lament
Contributor(s): Lockhart, Paul (Author), Devlin, Keith (Foreword by)

View larger image

ISBN: 1934137170     ISBN-13: 9781934137178
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Retail: $16.99OUR PRICE: $12.40  
  Buy 25 or more:OUR PRICE: $11.38   Save More!
  Buy 100 or more:OUR PRICE: $10.87   Save More!


  WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD!   Click here for our low price guarantee

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2009
Qty:

Annotation: "One of the best critiques of current mathematics education I have ever seen."--Keith Devlin, math columnist on NPR's Morning Edition

A brilliant research mathematician who has devoted his career to teaching kids reveals math to be creative and beautiful and rejects standard anxiety-producing teaching methods. Witty and accessible, Paul Lockhart's controversial approach will provoke spirited debate among educators and parents alike and it will alter the way we think about math forever.

Paul Lockhart, PhD, has taught mathematics at Brown University and UC Santa Cruz. Since 2000, he has dedicated himself to K-12 level students at St. Ann's School in Brooklyn, New York.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Mathematics | Study & Teaching
- Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Mathematics
- Education | Educational Policy & Reform
Dewey: 510.71
LCCN: 2009011845
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.9" W x 7.2" L (0.35 lbs) 144 pages
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Review Citations: Scitech Book News 09/01/2009 pg. 18
Shelf Awareness 01/01/0001
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

"One of the best critiques of current K-12 mathematics education I have ever seen, written by a first-class research mathematician who elected to devote his teaching career to K-12 education." --Keith Devlin, NPR's "Math Guy"

A brilliant research mathematician reveals math to be a creative art form on par with painting, poetry, and sculpture, and rejects the standard anxiety-producing teaching methods used in most schools today. Witty and accessible, Paul Lockhart's controversial approach will provoke spirited debate among educators and parents alike, altering the way we think about math forever.

Paul Lockhart is the author of Arithmetic, Measurement, and A Mathematician's Lament. He has taught mathematics at Brown University, University of California, Santa Cruz, and to K-12 level students at St. Ann's School in Brooklyn, New York.

 
Customer ReviewsSubmit your own review
 
To tell a friend about this book, you must Sign In First!